Charles (Barrister) CARROLL

(1723-1783)

CARROLL, Charles
(Barrister), (cousin of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and
Daniel Carroll), a Delegate from Maryland; born in Annapolis, Md.,
March 22, 1723; received his education at the English House, West
Lisbon, Portugal, at Eton, and Cambridge University in England, and
studied law in the Middle Temple, Garden Court; returned to
Annapolis, Md., in 1746 and commenced the practice of law; elected
to the Maryland lower house of assembly in 1755 to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of his father, Dr. Charles Carroll; framed the
“Declaration of Rights” adopted by the convention of
Maryland on November 3, 1776; became a member of the Council of
Safety in August 1775; elected a Delegate to the Continental
Congress on November 10, 1776, to succeed his cousin, Charles
Carroll of Carrollton, serving until February 15, 1777; was elected
in 1777 to the first State senate, having previously declined the
position of chief judge of the general court of Maryland; was
reelected in 1781 and held that office until his death at his
residence, Mount Clare, near Baltimore, Md., March 23, 1783.

Bibliography

Trostel, Michael F. Mount Clare, Being an Account of the Seat
Built by Charles Carroll, Barrister, Upon His Lands at
Patapsco. Baltimore: The National Society of the Colonial Dames
of America in the State of Maryland, [1981].

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present